Daniel, Daniel's

Facts:

Daniel was an Israelite prophet who as a young man was taken captive by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC.

This was during the time that many other Israelites from Judah were held captive in Babylon for 70 years.
Daniel was given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar.
Daniel was an honorable and righteous young man who obeyed God.
God enabled Daniel to interpret several dreams or visions for the Babylonian kings.
Because of this ability and because of his honorable character, Daniel was given a high leadership position in the Babylonian empire.
Many years later, Daniels enemies tricked the Babylonian king Darius into making a law forbidding the worship of anyone except the king. Daniel continued to pray to God, so he was arrested and thrown into a den of lions. But God rescued him and he was not harmed at all.